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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 5 Minutes |
Ready In: 5 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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A semla is a swedish traditional pastry . It was originally eaten only on Shrove Tuesday, as the last festive food before Lent. The oldest version of the semla was a plain bread bun, eaten in a bowl of warm milk( hotwall ) . Read more . Today, semlas are available in shops and bakeries . And in Singapore , as a breakfast snack in Ikea . Ingredients:
buy 4 cinnamon flavoured wheat buns or diy . |
for making the bun |
15 g butter |
1/4 c milk |
5 g yeast |
1 pinch salt |
2 teaspoons sugar |
3/4 c wheat flour |
1 teaspoon cardamom , grounded |
1/4 cup egg, beaten |
filling |
70 g almond paste |
1 tbsp milk |
1/2 c heavy cream |
3 tbsp caster sugar |
1 tbsp icing sugar |
Directions:
1. BUY 4 CINNAMON FLAVOURED WHEAT BUNS OR DIY .
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3. FOR MAKING THE BUN :
4. Melt the butter in a saucepan .
5. Microwave the milk until lukewarm .
6. Mix the yeast in a bowl with a little of the warm butter/milk until the yeast is completely dissolved .
7. Add the rest of the butter/milk , salt, sugar, cardamom and most of the flour
8. Make into a smooth ball dough .
9. Allow the dough to rise under a baking cloth for 30 minutes.
10. Sprinkle remaing flour over a baking board and place the dough there.
11. Make 4 buns by cupping your hand and rolling the dough on the board .
12. Leave on a baking tray and let it satnd for another 30 mins .
13. Preheat the oven to 200 deg
14. Brush the buns with the beaten egg and bake them for about 10 minutes .
15. Let it on a rack .
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17. ASSEMBLING :
18. Cut the tops off each bun . Save it .
19. Scoop the inside of the bun out and put it in a bowl .
20. Add in the bowl almond paste and milk .
21. Mix it into a soft mixture .
22. Divide the mixture into 4 portions and put it back into the buns.
23. Whip the cream with caster sugar till the peaks form .
24. Put a large dollop in all 4 buns .
25. Put the cut off tops on the buns and dust with icing sugar over ‘semlona’.
26. Serve with warm milk , traditional way or with tea / coffee .
27. Once assembled , consume within the same day .
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